Martin Scorsese could be set to release his upcoming new movie Murderers Of The Flower Moon through Netflix due to its enormous budget.

The streaming giant snapped up the director’s previous cinema The Irishman last year, as no other studio could yield the total figure required to produce it.

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According to the Wall Street Journal, the Killers … plan has already outdid $200 million( PS160m)- outstretching The Irishman’s total overhead by over $50 million( PS40m ). If accurate, this would make it Scorsese’s more expensive movie to date.

As a solution, bosses at Paramount are reportedly uncertain over whether they can afford the entire sum.

The WSJ report goes on to claim that the studio is open to striking a deal in order to release the movie in partnership with another platform. It’s said that Scorsese is also in talks regarding deals with Universal and MGM.

Adapted from David Grann’s true-crime thriller of the same name, Killers Of The Flower Moon details the killings against the Osage Indian tribe in Oklahoma back in the 1920 s after large-scale petroleum accumulations were found beneath their land.

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Paramount signed up to the adaptation after the rights to the original work impart a reported$ 5 million( PS4m) in 2016.

Earlier this year, Martin Scorsese wrote a ardent meaning to chairman Bong Joon-ho in accordance with the Oscar success of the latter’s film Parasite. Bong said: “I can’t tell you what the character said because it’s something personal .”

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